Advisory Transaction History

Chemicals

  • Advised ICI Acrylics, which manufactures and markets chemical products that include methyl methacrylate monomer, polymethyl methacrylate, and acrylic sheet and resins under such well known brand names as “Lucite”, in the post-deal integration with buyer EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE:DD).
  • Advised Praxair (NYSE:PX), a global leader in the production, sale, and distribution of industrial gases, in post-divestiture restructuring.

Energy

  • Advised Neste OY, the national, state-owned integrated energy conglomerate from Finland, strategically prior to and in anticipation of its privatization and IPO.

Food & Beverage

  • Advised Artisanal Cheese, a leading distributor of gourmet cheeses, of potential exit strategies and valuation.

Industrial

  • Advised 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), a highly diversified global industrial, consumer, medical and technology conglomerate, in the strategic repositioning of several industrial products.

Industrial Distribution

  • Advised and performed strategic and operational due diligence for Argo Turboserve Corporation, a provider of supply chain management, distribution and consulting services to the aerospace, utility, industrial and energy industries, on a potential acquisition.
  • Advised and performed a complete strategic and operational analysis for Argo International, a global distributor of new and spare industrial parts for DC electric motors, pumps, drives, controls and compressors, which led to a transformation of its business.

Insurance

  • Advised MetLife Inc. (NYSE:MET), a global provider of insurance and other financial services, strategically and operationally on its acquisition of The New England Life Insurance Company.
  • Advised CIGNA (NYSE:CI), a global provider of health care and related benefits, on the transformation of its property and casualty business.

Pharmaceuticals

  • Advised EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE:DD), in the pre-divestiture planning for its asset sale to Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK).

Software

  • Advised Olympus Corporation (TSE:7733), a global leader in medical imaging products, on strategic alternatives in the medical imaging software area.
  • Advised and assessed Adobe Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:ADBE), a global software leader, on its product portfolio.

Chemicals

  • Advised Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE:DOW), a global chemical company, on the operational and financial assessment of several divisions.
  • Advised Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB), a $2 billion specialty chemicals company, on the re-engineering of its R&D process.

Pharmaceuticals

  • Advised Warner-Lambert, now a division of Pfizer, on the re-engineering of its OTC regulatory process.